Here is a useful list of the eight most common prototyping methods, together with best practice tips that help you maximize your prototyping and testing sessions. By arming yourself with these eight common methods, you can begin your iterative process of building prototypes in order to empathize with your users, to decide on and refine your ideas and to test your solutions.

The 8 Most common prototyping methods are: Sketches and Diagrams, Paper Interfaces, Storyboards, Lego Prototypes, Role Playing, Physical Models, Wizard of Oz (faked) Prototyping and User Driven Prototypes.